شِرْيَانٌ
1.
and
شَرْيَانٌ, (S, K,) the former of which is the more in repute, (TA,) the former said to be quasi-quadriliteral, like جِرْيَالٌ, [and therefore mentioned also in the TA in article شرن,] but held by IB to be of the measure فِعْلَانٌ, (TA in article شرن,) A kind of tree, (S, K, TA,) of the
عِضَاه [q. v.] of the mountains, (TA,) of which bows are made: (S, K, TA:) n. un. with ة: the tree thus called grows in the manner, and of the height and width, of the [species of lote-tree called] سِدْر, and has a yellow, sweet
نَبِقَة [or drupe]: so says AHn: and he adds, Aboo-Ziyád says, bows are made of the
شريان, and the bow made thereof is good, but black tinged with redness; its wood being of those woods of which good bows are [commonly] made; and they assert that it seldom, or never, becomes crooked: Mbr says that the
نَبْع
and
شَوْحَط [q. v.] and
شريان
are one kind of tree, but differing in name and estimation according to the places of growth; such thereof as is upon the summit of the mountain being the
نبع; and such as is at the base, or foot, or lowest or lower part, thereof, the
شريان. (TA. [But see شَوْحَطٌ.])
2.